Security Update: [CSSA-2002-SCO.4] Open UNIX, UnixWare 7: snmpd memory fault vulnerabilities

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    	    Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory
    
    Subject:		Open UNIX, UnixWare 7: snmpd memory fault vulnerabilities
    Advisory number: 	CSSA-2002-SCO.4
    Issue date: 		2002 February 12
    Cross reference:
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    1. Problem Description
    	
    	The University of Oulu (Finland) wrote approximately 53000
    	tests for snmpd error conditions.  For Open UNIX and UnixWare,
    	94 of the tests caused snmpd to memory fault. This could lead
    	to denial-of-service attacks, or possible local and remote
    	root acquisition.
    
    
    2. Vulnerable Supported Versions
    
    	Operating System	Version		Affected Files
    	------------------------------------------------------------------
    	Open UNIX		8.0.0		/usr/lib/libsnmp.so
    	UnixWare 7		7.1.1		/usr/lib/libsnmp.so
    	UnixWare 7		7.1.0		/usr/lib/libsnmp.so
    
    
    3. Workaround
    
    	If snmp is not a needed service:
    
    	add an 'exit 0' statement (without the single quotes) as the
    	first executable line of /etc/rc2.d/S73snmp,
    
    		-or-
    
    	remove the execute bits from the in.snmpd binary,
    
    		# chmod 0 /usr/sbin/in.snmpd
    
    
    4. Open UNIX 8.0.0
    
      4.1 Location of Fixed Binaries
    
    	ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2002-SCO.4/
    
    
      4.2 Verification
    
    	MD5 (erg711937.Z) = 62f81d5f7e0c5e0f4a2704e015d37fc4
    
    
    	md5 is available for download from
    		ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/tools/
    
    
      4.3 Installing Fixed Binaries
    
    	Upgrade the affected binaries with the following commands:
    
    	Download erg711937.Z to the /tmp directory
    
    	# uncompress /tmp/erg711937.Z
    	# pkgadd -d /tmp/erg711937
    
    
    5. UnixWare 7.1.1
    
      5.1 Location of Fixed Binaries
    
    	ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2002-SCO.4/
    
    
      5.2 Verification
    
    	MD5 (erg711937b.Z) = 09b8dbdb080e5588c6f61669ea914af7
    
    
    	md5 is available for download from
    		ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/tools/
    
    
      5.3 Installing Fixed Binaries
    
    	Upgrade the affected binaries with the following commands:
    
    	Download erg711937b.Z to the /tmp directory
    
    	# uncompress /tmp/erg711937b.Z
    	# pkgadd -d /tmp/erg711937b
    
    
    6. UnixWare 7.1.0
    
      6.1 Location of Fixed Binaries
    
    	ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2002-SCO.4/
    
    
      6.2 Verification
    
    	MD5 (erg711937c.Z) = f15696cfc2b9f0afc1b0432bb311151a
    
    
    	md5 is available for download from
    		ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/tools/
    
    
      6.3 Installing Fixed Binaries
    
    	Upgrade the affected binaries with the following commands:
    
    	Download erg711937c.Z to the /tmp directory
    
    	# uncompress /tmp/erg711937c.Z
    	# pkgadd -d /tmp/erg711937c
    
    
    7. References
    
    	http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-03.html
    
    
    	This and other advisories are located at
    		http://stage.caldera.com/support/security
    
    	This advisory addresses Caldera Security internal incidents
    	sr858479, fz519781, erg711937.
    
    
    8. Disclaimer
    
    	Caldera International, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse
    	of any of the information we provide on our website and/or
    	through our security advisories. Our advisories are a service
    	to our customers intended to promote secure installation and
    	use of Caldera International products.
    
    
    9. Acknowledgements
    
    	This vulnerability was discovered and researched by the
    	University of Oulu (oulu.fi).
    
    
    	 
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